Historical Newspaper: The Cainhoy Affair as Seen by an Eye-Witness--The Responsibility of the Outbreak--Horrid Barbarities of the Negroes on the Wounded and the Dead--Effect of Disarming the Whites [letter excerpt]
Subject
Cainhoy Massacre
Title
Historical Newspaper: The Cainhoy Affair as Seen by an Eye-Witness--The Responsibility of the Outbreak--Horrid Barbarities of the Negroes on the Wounded and the Dead--Effect of Disarming the Whites [letter excerpt]
Date
10/21/1876
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See 2nd column, 5th paragraph. Racial epithets used and may be insensitive to some readers.
Chronicling America presents an October 21, 1876 article from the New York Herald newspaper featuring a letter that includes a first-hand account of the Cainhoy massacre- the shooting that broke out between Black militia and White gunmen at a Republican gathering outside of Charleston, South Carolina on October 16, 1876. The source provides a perspective on the cause of the shooting, the role of the Black militia in massacre, and the petition for more federal troops to be deployed to the South. Other features include a narration of events and a perspective on the President’s response to the incident.
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Chronicling America presents an October 21, 1876 article from the New York Herald newspaper featuring a letter that includes a first-hand account of the Cainhoy massacre- the shooting that broke out between Black militia and White gunmen at a Republican gathering outside of Charleston, South Carolina on October 16, 1876. The source provides a perspective on the cause of the shooting, the role of the Black militia in massacre, and the petition for more federal troops to be deployed to the South. Other features include a narration of events and a perspective on the President’s response to the incident.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (New York Harold, NY)
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Citation
“Historical Newspaper: The Cainhoy Affair as Seen by an Eye-Witness--The Responsibility of the Outbreak--Horrid Barbarities of the Negroes on the Wounded and the Dead--Effect of Disarming the Whites [letter excerpt],” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 13, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/369.